At Least 16 Killed as Police HQ Attacked in Kirkuk

At Least 16 Killed as Police HQ Attacked in Kirkuk

IRAQ-UNREST-KIRKUK

SAFIN HAMED

Brigadier General Sarhad Qadar is treated at Arbil hospital after he was wounded in a suicide car bomb at the police headquarters in Kirkuk, on February 3, 2013. The suicide car bomb during morning rush hour was quickly followed by an assault by grenade-throwing gunmen and killed 30 people in the disputed ethnically-mixed city of Kirkuk in north Iraq. AFP PHOTO SAFIN HAMED

Brigadier General Sarhad Qadar is treated at Arbil hospital after he was wounded in a suicide car bomb at the police headquarters in Kirkuk, on February 3, 2013. The suicide car bomb during morning rush hour was quickly followed by an assault by grenade-throwing gunmen and killed 30 people in the disputed ethnically-mixed city of Kirkuk in north Iraq. AFP PHOTO SAFIN HAMED

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SAFIN HAMED

Brigadier General Sarhad Qadar is under respiratory assistance at Arbil hospital after he was wounded in a suicide car bomb at the police headquarters in Kirkuk, on February 3, 2013. The suicide car bomb during morning rush hour was quickly followed by an assault by grenade-throwing gunmen and killed 30 people in the disputed ethnically-mixed city of Kirkuk in north Iraq. AFP PHOTO SAFIN HAMED

Brigadier General Sarhad Qadar is under respiratory assistance at Arbil hospital after he was wounded in a suicide car bomb at the police headquarters in Kirkuk, on February 3, 2013. The suicide car bomb during morning rush hour was quickly followed by an assault by grenade-throwing gunmen and killed 30 people in the disputed ethnically-mixed city of Kirkuk in north Iraq. AFP PHOTO SAFIN HAMED

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SAFIN HAMED

Brigadier General Sarhad Qadar is under respiratory assistance at Arbil hospital after he was wounded in a suicide car bomb at the police headquarters in Kirkuk, on February 3, 2013. The suicide car bomb during morning rush hour was quickly followed by an assault by grenade-throwing gunmen and killed 30 people in the disputed ethnically-mixed city of Kirkuk in north Iraq. AFP PHOTO SAFIN HAMED

Brigadier General Sarhad Qadar is under respiratory assistance at Arbil hospital after he was wounded in a suicide car bomb at the police headquarters in Kirkuk, on February 3, 2013. The suicide car bomb during morning rush hour was quickly followed by an assault by grenade-throwing gunmen and killed 30 people in the disputed ethnically-mixed city of Kirkuk in north Iraq. AFP PHOTO SAFIN HAMED

IRAQ-UNREST-KIRKUK

SAFIN HAMED

Brigadier General Sarhad Qadar is under respiratory assistance at Arbil hospital after he was wounded in a suicide car bomb at the police headquarters in Kirkuk, on February 3, 2013. The suicide car bomb during morning rush hour was quickly followed by an assault by grenade-throwing gunmen and killed 30 people in the disputed ethnically-mixed city of Kirkuk in north Iraq. AFP PHOTO SAFIN HAMED

Brigadier General Sarhad Qadar is under respiratory assistance at Arbil hospital after he was wounded in a suicide car bomb at the police headquarters in Kirkuk, on February 3, 2013. The suicide car bomb during morning rush hour was quickly followed by an assault by grenade-throwing gunmen and killed 30 people in the disputed ethnically-mixed city of Kirkuk in north Iraq. AFP PHOTO SAFIN HAMED

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MARWAN IBRAHIM

Iraqi rescuers are seen on the stairwell of the police headquarters after a car bombing followed by an assault by grenade-throwing gunmen on the headquarters in a disputed northern city of Kirkuk, on February 3, 2013, killing some 30 people. The vehicle that was detonated in the center of the city was painted to appear as though it was a police car, and the militants who sought to seize the compound were dressed as policemen, witnesses said. AFP PHOTO/MARWAN IBRAHIM

Iraqi rescuers are seen on the stairwell of the police headquarters after a car bombing followed by an assault by grenade-throwing gunmen on the headquarters in a disputed northern city of Kirkuk, on February 3, 2013, killing some 30 people. The vehicle that was detonated in the center of the city was painted to appear as though it was a police car, and the militants who sought to seize the compound were dressed as policemen, witnesses said. AFP PHOTO/MARWAN IBRAHIM

IRAQ-UNREST-KIRKUK

MARWAN IBRAHIM

A security officer walks past the scene after a car bombing followed by an assault by grenade-throwing gunmen on a police headquarters in a disputed northern city of Kirkuk, on February 3, 2013, killing some 30 people. The vehicle that was detonated in the center of the city was painted to appear as though it was a police car, and the militants who sought to seize the compound were dressed as policemen, witnesses said. AFP PHOTO/MARWAN IBRAHIM

A security officer walks past the scene after a car bombing followed by an assault by grenade-throwing gunmen on a police headquarters in a disputed northern city of Kirkuk, on February 3, 2013, killing some 30 people. The vehicle that was detonated in the center of the city was painted to appear as though it was a police car, and the militants who sought to seize the compound were dressed as policemen, witnesses said. AFP PHOTO/MARWAN IBRAHIM

IRAQ-UNREST-KIRKUK

MARWAN IBRAHIM

The scene after a car bombing followed by an assault by grenade-throwing gunmen on a police headquarters in a disputed northern city of Kirkuk, on February 3, 2013, killing some 30 people. The vehicle that was detonated in the center of the city was painted to appear as though it was a police car, and the militants who sought to seize the compound were dressed as policemen, witnesses said. AFP PHOTO/MARWAN IBRAHIM

The scene after a car bombing followed by an assault by grenade-throwing gunmen on a police headquarters in a disputed northern city of Kirkuk, on February 3, 2013, killing some 30 people. The vehicle that was detonated in the center of the city was painted to appear as though it was a police car, and the militants who sought to seize the compound were dressed as policemen, witnesses said. AFP PHOTO/MARWAN IBRAHIM

IRAQ-UNREST-KIRKUK

MARWAN IBRAHIM

Iraqi rescuers help a man from the scene after a car bombing followed by an assault by grenade-throwing gunmen on a police headquarters in a disputed northern city of Kirkuk, on February 3, 2013, killing some 30 people. The vehicle that was detonated in the center of the city was painted to appear as though it was a police car, and the militants who sought to seize the compound were dressed as policemen, witnesses said. AFP PHOTO/MARWAN IBRAHIM

Iraqi rescuers help a man from the scene after a car bombing followed by an assault by grenade-throwing gunmen on a police headquarters in a disputed northern city of Kirkuk, on February 3, 2013, killing some 30 people. The vehicle that was detonated in the center of the city was painted to appear as though it was a police car, and the militants who sought to seize the compound were dressed as policemen, witnesses said. AFP PHOTO/MARWAN IBRAHIM

IRAQ-UNREST-KIRKUK

MARWAN IBRAHIM

Iraqi rescuers carry a stretcher from the scene after a car bombing followed by an assault by grenade-throwing gunmen on a police headquarters in a disputed northern city of Kirkuk, on February 3, 2013, killing some 30 people. The vehicle that was detonated in the center of the city was painted to appear as though it was a police car, and the militants who sought to seize the compound were dressed as policemen, witnesses said. AFP PHOTO/MARWAN IBRAHIM

Iraqi rescuers carry a stretcher from the scene after a car bombing followed by an assault by grenade-throwing gunmen on a police headquarters in a disputed northern city of Kirkuk, on February 3, 2013, killing some 30 people. The vehicle that was detonated in the center of the city was painted to appear as though it was a police car, and the militants who sought to seize the compound were dressed as policemen, witnesses said. AFP PHOTO/MARWAN IBRAHIM

IRAQ-UNREST-KIRKUK

MARWAN IBRAHIM

An Iraqi firefighter walks past a damaged building after a car bombing followed by an assault by grenade-throwing gunmen on a police headquarters in a disputed northern city of Kirkuk, on February 3, 2013, killing some 30 people. The vehicle that was detonated in the center of the city was painted to appear as though it was a police car, and the militants who sought to seize the compound were dressed as policemen, witnesses said. AFP PHOTO/MARWAN IBRAHIM

An Iraqi firefighter walks past a damaged building after a car bombing followed by an assault by grenade-throwing gunmen on a police headquarters in a disputed northern city of Kirkuk, on February 3, 2013, killing some 30 people. The vehicle that was detonated in the center of the city was painted to appear as though it was a police car, and the militants who sought to seize the compound were dressed as policemen, witnesses said. AFP PHOTO/MARWAN IBRAHIM

IRAQ-UNREST-KIRKUK

MARWAN IBRAHIM

A man walks past the scene after a car bombing followed by an assault by grenade-throwing gunmen on a police headquarters in a disputed northern city of Kirkuk, on February 3, 2013, killing some 30 people. The vehicle that was detonated in the center of the city was painted to appear as though it was a police car, and the militants who sought to seize the compound were dressed as policemen, witnesses said. AFP PHOTO/MARWAN IBRAHIM

A man walks past the scene after a car bombing followed by an assault by grenade-throwing gunmen on a police headquarters in a disputed northern city of Kirkuk, on February 3, 2013, killing some 30 people. The vehicle that was detonated in the center of the city was painted to appear as though it was a police car, and the militants who sought to seize the compound were dressed as policemen, witnesses said. AFP PHOTO/MARWAN IBRAHIM

IRAQ-UNREST-KIRKUK

MARWAN IBRAHIM

The remains of a vehicle (R) and a view of the police headquarters (L) are viewed after a car bombing followed by an assault by grenade-throwing gunmen on the police headquarters in a disputed northern city of Kirkuk, on February 3, 2013, killing some 30 people. The vehicle that was detonated in the center of the city was painted to appear as though it was a police car, and the militants who sought to seize the compound were dressed as policemen, witnesses said. AFP PHOTO/MARWAN IBRAHIM

The remains of a vehicle (R) and a view of the police headquarters (L) are viewed after a car bombing followed by an assault by grenade-throwing gunmen on the police headquarters in a disputed northern city of Kirkuk, on February 3, 2013, killing some 30 people. The vehicle that was detonated in the center of the city was painted to appear as though it was a police car, and the militants who sought to seize the compound were dressed as policemen, witnesses said. AFP PHOTO/MARWAN IBRAHIM

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MARWAN IBRAHIM

Iraqi rescuers runs at the scene after a car bombing followed by an assault by grenade-throwing gunmen on a police headquarters in a disputed northern city of Kirkuk, on February 3, 2013, killing some 30 people. The vehicle that was detonated in the center of the city was painted to appear as though it was a police car, and the militants who sought to seize the compound were dressed as policemen, witnesses said. AFP PHOTO/MARWAN IBRAHIM

Iraqi rescuers runs at the scene after a car bombing followed by an assault by grenade-throwing gunmen on a police headquarters in a disputed northern city of Kirkuk, on February 3, 2013, killing some 30 people. The vehicle that was detonated in the center of the city was painted to appear as though it was a police car, and the militants who sought to seize the compound were dressed as policemen, witnesses said. AFP PHOTO/MARWAN IBRAHIM

IRAQ-UNREST-KIRKUK

MARWAN IBRAHIM

Iraqi rescuers wheel a gurney from the scene after a car bombing followed by an assault by grenade-throwing gunmen on a police headquarters in a disputed northern city of Kirkuk, on February 3, 2013, killing some 30 people. The vehicle that was detonated in the center of the city was painted to appear as though it was a police car, and the militants who sought to seize the compound were dressed as policemen, witnesses said. AFP PHOTO/MARWAN IBRAHIM

Iraqi rescuers wheel a gurney from the scene after a car bombing followed by an assault by grenade-throwing gunmen on a police headquarters in a disputed northern city of Kirkuk, on February 3, 2013, killing some 30 people. The vehicle that was detonated in the center of the city was painted to appear as though it was a police car, and the militants who sought to seize the compound were dressed as policemen, witnesses said. AFP PHOTO/MARWAN IBRAHIM

IRAQ-UNREST-KIRKUK

MARWAN IBRAHIM

An Iraqi firefighter walks past the scene of a car bombing followed by an assault by grenade-throwing gunmen on a police headquarters in a disputed northern city of Kirkuk, on February 3, 2013, killing some 30 people. The vehicle that was detonated in the center of the city was painted to appear as though it was a police car, and the militants who sought to seize the compound were dressed as policemen, witnesses said. AFP PHOTO/MARWAN IBRAHIM

An Iraqi firefighter walks past the scene of a car bombing followed by an assault by grenade-throwing gunmen on a police headquarters in a disputed northern city of Kirkuk, on February 3, 2013, killing some 30 people. The vehicle that was detonated in the center of the city was painted to appear as though it was a police car, and the militants who sought to seize the compound were dressed as policemen, witnesses said. AFP PHOTO/MARWAN IBRAHIM

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Brigadier General Sarhad Qadar is treated at Arbil hospital after he... NyhetsfotoArbil,Bilbomb,Bombning,Horisontell,Huvudkontor,Irak,Kirkuk,Konflikt,Krig,Kurdistan,Poliskår,Självmord,Självmordsbombning,VåldPhotographer SAFIN HAMEDCollection: AFP 2013 AFPBrigadier General Sarhad Qadar is treated at Arbil hospital after he was wounded in a suicide car bomb at the police headquarters in Kirkuk, on February 3, 2013. The suicide car bomb during morning rush hour was quickly followed by an assault by grenade-throwing gunmen and killed 30 people in the disputed ethnically-mixed city of Kirkuk in north Iraq. AFP PHOTO SAFIN HAMED (Photo credit should read SAFIN HAMED/AFP/Getty Images)